Is everything art? Does everything have artistic/inspirational potential? These are questions I've been thinking a lot about lately, especially in the past week. So far every answer I've come up with has just led me to more questions. Right now, I'm reading a career book that claims that a lot of not obviously artistic careers like psychology, biology and economics (My major and I never knew!) do have artistic components. If this is true, the next most logical question I could think of was what is art? I think of it as ways in which you express your emotions, feelings and self, but apparently this definition can run you into several problems. For example you express yourself through body language, therefore is body language an art? Also if you are a particularly artistic individual who tends to express your stronger emotions in your favorite art form (dance, music, poetry, etc) and you encounter a situation, such as a relationship that does not move you to art does that mean you are not invested enough in or moved enough by the situation? Hmmm....

Anyway, here is a potluck of all my favourite sources of inspiration in the past week:

Seeking inspiration assignment: Choose any of the pictures in this section to inspire your next piece of art.

My translation;

You may think I'm crazy.

Many people do, but answer me this. Is it crazy to give up everything you've got, risk everything you have to get something you desire with your all? Maybe it is. Maybe it would be better for me to ''play it safe'', to go to college, get a degree in a secure field I lack passion for, maybe accounting, and spend the rest of my life seeking happiness and a sense of fulfillment from things I know will not fulfill me. Then maybe, just maybe when they lay me off during the next recession, as I am 3 years away from retirement, and no longer have any expectations to live up to, I will be finally able to do what I want. Live the way I have always desired to live and be the person I have forever longed to be.

I could wait for that day.

Or I could skip all the years of torment and torture, save myself from all that regret and take that chance today.

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I love the "love" with arrows pic, and the wooden birdcages....I'm finishing an inspiration "collage" piece for the "I Heart" project from the Drifter and the Gypsy blog....I think I might have to incorporate these!!! Thanks :)

Definitely some thoughts to make you think about relationships and stuff. I was remembering I used to go out with a guy who loved to dance. That was all we did. Then I met a guy who you would not want to dance with. But he loved to write. Its such a fine balance to fit when in a relationship. A lot like finding your passion. You know, you just don't want to drop off into the deep end because you love it..yet you have ..to learn the craft. Like you might not be the best when you first get into it. And you have to take the criticism to help you. But like you said, don't give up. .. and I guess it all helps to mature in the long run.

definitely, the best way to learn is through art. I used to help with a little boy who some thought would never learn, anything. But he knew so much about Math. It was just hard for him to write, but if he knew he could listen to some of his favorite tunes after writing five rhyming words, he would do it...and soon enough, he was reading words, too.

Secondly, I'm a writer. I've never been paid for my writing (well I've gotten some free books and dvds out of it) BUT, I would rather live my life from pay-cheque to pay-cheque than be unhappy. I would rather fail, than never try to achieve my dreams.

Thanks so much love!! I have been looking for a grad school essay opener and your post is exactly what I have been searching for. It's an incredible quote that evokes deep thought! Thanks again! Keep those posts on coming!!Lots of love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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